Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development, Second Edition

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

1. Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: An Introduction

Housing as a System of Social Stratification
Race, Racism, and Racialization
Metropolitan Kansas City: An Overview
Constructing a Segregated Metropolis

2. The Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation

The Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry
Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry
The Role of Community Builders
The Role of Homeowner Associations
The Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants

3. The Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System

The Housing Act of 1934 and the Creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Community Builders and the FHA
Racial Conflict and the Defense of Racial Space

4. Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment

A Housing Program for Slum Clearance
Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects
Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment

5. Building the Troost Wall: School Segregation, Blockbusting, and the Racial Transitions of the Southeast Area

Racial Population Change in Southeast Kansas City, 1950-1975
School Segregation and Neighborhood Racial Transition
Blockbusting and Panic Selling
The Role of the Real Estate Board
Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting
The Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting

6. The Struggle for Fair Housing

Fair Housing and the Conflict over "Rights"
Housing Act of 1968 and the FHA's Section 235 Program
Local Implementation and Segregative Effects
Neighborhood Response and Disinvestment
Federal Housing Policy Retrenchment in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Fair Housing in Retrospect

Conclusions

Old Customs Die Hard: Racialization of Space and the Global Real Estate Crisis
Race, Housing, and the "New Racism"
Privatism, Real Estate, and the Future of Uneven Development

Notes
References
Index